Machine for making beads



' W. E. HORROCKS. MACHINE FOR MAKING BEADS. APPLlCATION mm mm: 1.1920.

Patented May 9, 1922.

.iiiaz'n y WALTER E. HORROCKS, 01 LAKEWOOD, OHIO.

MACHINE EOE MAKING BEADS.

Application filed June 1,

T 0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WALTER E. -HORROCKS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Lakewood, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Beads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a machine for making what are termed beads from strips of paper or the like. These beads are used for ornamental purposes on portieres or the like, and are usually made of strips of wall paper which are cut in a certain way and then rolled up, and a coat of varnish applied to finish the same.

This winding or rolling operation is ordinarily done by hand, the strips being rolled up on a small rod or pin from which the completed bead is afterwards removed. The object of the invention is to provide an improved machine for doing this work, and the machine includes a mandrel to which one end of the strip of paper may be attached. and this mandrel is then revolved and the paper is wound thereon, and the bead may then be stripped from the mandrel when finished. The machine includes a table or guide formed of sheet metal, upon which the strip of paper may be laidas it is fed to the mandrel.

The invention is illustrated in the,accon1-, panying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail in section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan showing a completed bead on the mandrel. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

The machine comprises-a base plate 6 bent around at the front end to formra clamp 7 with a screw 8 by means of which the base may be fastened to the edge of a table or bench. On the plate 6 is mounted a spring tension plate or guide table 10 having the form of an arch which extends between standards 9 at opposite sides of the base plate 6. This guide table 10 is made of sheet metal and serves to guide the paper strips to the mandrel as well as to regulate the pressure or tension on the paper with respect to the mandrel. This adjustment is effected by 1 varying the arch or convexity of the table by means of a rod 15 connecting opposite ends of the table,'near the bottom thereof, and provided with a thumb nut 16. By

Specification of Letters ?atent.

1920. Serial No. 385,859.

Patented May 9,1922.

taking up on the nut the table is bowed upwardly, to increase the pressure or tension, or by letting off the nut the arch or bow is flattened to decrease the tension, or accommodate thicker paper.

The mandrel 11 comprises a tube having a longitudinal slot 12 in its wall into which the end of the strip of paper may be insert-- ed as indicated at 24 in Fig. 5, to start the bead. This mandrel is provided at one end with a p1n1on l3 meshing with a gear 14 on a crank 22 supported by one of the standards I 9, and byturning. the crank the mandrel is rotated in an obvious manner. The mandrel is mounted in a socket bearing at20 in the topofone standard, and is extended outwardly. as indicated at 25' to form a handle by which it may be lifted from the bearing through a slot 21 leading to the bearing. At the opposite end the mandrel is supported in a socket bearing 17 pressed by a spring. 18

in a tubular piece. 19 mounted on the standard 9, the spring permitting the end of. the mandrel to be pushedin to release the opposite end of the mandrel from the bearing 20 and permit it to be lifted from the machine. A ball bearing 18 is interposed between the end of the spring 18 and the end of the'mandrel which is supported by the socket hearing 17. The slot 12 is open at its'left hand end (in Fig. 1) to permit the bead stripped off of the mandrel.

to 'be.

In operation, the guide table 10 is adjusted by nut 16 to the desired tension or position, and the strip of paper is laid on the table and its end engaged in the slot 12. The

mandrel is then rotated by working the crank and the strip is wound on the mandrel to produce the bead shown in Fig. 4. The mandrel may. then be pushed endwise slightly against the ball andthe tension of the spring 18 and lifted out of its bearings, and the bead is then'stripped from the mandrel at its open end, and the mandrel may then be replaced in the machine for the next operation. The device will be found very useful for the intended purpose and it is so simple that it may be operated by children.

I claim 1. In a machine for winding paper beads or the like, thecombination of a frame having bearings, a mandrel removable from said bearings, and a guide table mounted on the frame and extending under themandrel.

2. In a machine for winding paper beads or the like, the combination of a frame havingstandards provided With bearings, a mandrel mounted in :said bearings and re movable therefrom, and an adjustable guide table extending between the standards and under the mandrel.

In testimony whereof, I do afiix my signa- 20 ture in presence of two Witnesses.

WALTER E. HOB-ROCKS.

Witnesses JOHN A. BOMMI-IARDT, G. W. ROSENBERG. 

